A review by lizanneinkan
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

4.0

This memoir lurches forward at times with a sudden rush of drama; other times, it reveals lower middle class mundanity in 1970s northern England. Winterson tells the tale of her life as a seemingly unwanted daughter; her adoptive mother's extreme beliefs make her a tough person to understand. Where Winterson distills these experiences in fiction, here she seems less definite. A good read, esp if you've enjoyed her fiction.